WESTERN Australia is about to experience its largest-ever summer cruise season. The country’s biggest cruise operator, Carnival Australia, has announced a record number of 16,700 passengers will visit the State over the next six months.

Passengers be wary; cruise ships like strange city (The Oklahoman)

You’re off on a long-dreamed-of vacation, a cruise to sunny Caribbean islands. You’re on a big cruise liner with a couple thousand other passengers. There are doctors and nurses on board, locks on your stateroom door, lots of public spaces, and ship personnel at your beck and call. Safety isn’t something to worry about. Not so, says Miami, Fla., maritime lawyer Charles R. Lipcon in a new book, ...

Hurricane Norbert barrels toward cruise ships off Mexico (USA Today)

The Category 3 hurricane already has forced one ship to change its itinerary, and the storm could affect other vessels in the region.

Port Authority pitches cruise ship terminal (Jacksonville Daily Record)

The Jacksonville Port Authority’s proposed cruise ship terminal in Mayport Village has, in some capacity, been on the table for well over a year now.

Cash in on fall trans-Atlantic cruise bargains (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Royal Caribbean International and other cruise lines are offering fall trans-Atlantic cruises at bargain rates. (Handout) If you want to get away at bargain rates, consider a repositioning cruise.